now you're cooking

短语

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释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Used to praise someone for adopting a more effective or suitable method or approach, or to signal that progress is being made.

    习语

    Alice: "Why are you still using that old software? You should try out the new version."

    Bob: "Hey, this is really nice; much better than that crusty stuff we were using before."

    Alice: "Now you're cooking!"

词源

Derives from a version of the advertising slogan Now you're cooking with gas!, that entered the popular lexicon in the 1930s. See also cooking with gas.

来源:wiktionary